Номер 21, страница 152, part 2 - гдз по английскому языку 6 класс учебник часть 1 Афанасьева, Михеева

Part 2. Basic course Australia. Unit 21. Climate and Wildlife - номер 21, страница 152.

Условие.

21 SFA a) Read the text and complete it with the phrases a–f. One phrase you don’t need to use. Say why Australia is an extraordinary country.

a) shoot thousands of them

b) about the size of a large dog

c) swim and surf in the ocean

d) lives in the water

e) has a bushy tail

f) emu and the kangaroo

THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY COUNTRY

TO EXPLORE

Sometimes Australia is called “the upside down1 world”. Can you guess why? Because Australia lies in the Southern Hemisphere, so when it is winter in Europe, it is summer in Australia and summer begins in December. During the Christmas holidays people often sunbathe on the beach or 1) ... .

Perth

Adelaide

Melbourne

Sydney

Brisbane

Number of people per sq. km

Uninhabited

Under 1

1

10

50

Australia is the hottest place in the Southern Hemisphere. In July the usual temperatures are from 12° to 20° C. In January the temperatures are from 20° to 30° C above zero or higher.

Most parts of Australia do not receive enough rain. Only one sixth of the continent — a belt of land along the north, east and south coasts — is comfortably warm and humid. This narrow belt of land is the place where summers are warm and sunny and winters are mild.

Most of the dry land is uninhabited, which explains Australia's small population — about 23 million people (compare: the UK popu- lation is about 63 million people).

75. It is interesting to notice that though most of the terri- tory is too dry or too hot, Australia has an extraordinary collection of birds and animals. Many of them are found only there. Early explorers were so surprised by 2) ... that they described the conti- nent as the land where birds “ran instead of flying and animals hopped1 instead of running.”

Australia is the home of two of the world's most primitive mam- mals — the duckbill or platypus and the echidna or spiny anteater. They lay eggs. The kangaroo is perhaps the best known of Australia's animals. There are more than 40 dif- ferent kinds of kangaroos in Australia, in many different colours and sizes.

The big red kangaroo and the grey kangaroo may be as tall as a grown-up man. Some kangaroos are 3) ... . The smallest kangaroo

WOMBAT

COCKATOO

BUDGERIGAR

KANGAROO

KOALA BEAR

BIRD OF PARADISE

MONITOR LIZARD

SNAKES

LYREBIRD

SPINY ANTEATER

PLATYPUS

TASMANIAN DEVIL

SUGAR GLIDER

DINGO

EMU

is the rat kangaroo. Another well-known Australia's animal is the koala that resembles a teddy bear. It spends most of its life in eu- calyptus trees and eats only the leaves of these trees.

Australia is the dingo, a wild dog which is yellowish brown and 4) ... . The emu, Australia's largest bird, is also one of the largest in the world. It cannot fly but is a good runner. Another curious bird is the kookaburra that is often called the “laughing jackass”. The bushy country1 rings with its laughter. Australians like this bird so much that they even made up a song about it:

Kookaburra sits on an old gum tree.2

Merry, merry king of the bush is he.

Laugh, Kookaburra, laugh, Kookaburra,

Happy your life must be.

Other Australian birds are graceful lyrebirds, brilliantly coloured parrots and the great white cockatoo.

Two animals were brought to the country by the Europeans and have become wild in Australia. These are the buffalo, brought from India, and the European rabbit. Buffaloes were brought to the north coast as work animals early in the 19th century. They escaped and multiplied and now inhabit the swampy river valleys around Dar- win. Each year hunters 5) ... .

Rabbits were brought more than 100 years ago. There are now so many of them in Australia that sheep farmers have constant wars against the rabbits because they destroy so much grass.

No matter how far from Europe Australia can be, many people who are fond of travelling would like to visit this land because it is such an extraordinary place to explore! 🎧

b) Listen to the marked part of the text and try to read it in the same manner.

Решение.

Решение 2.

21 a) Прочитайте текст и дополните его фразами a–f. Одна фраза лишняя. Скажите, почему Австралия — необычная страна.

21 b) Прослушайте выделенную часть текста и попробуйте прочитать ее в той же манере.

Ответ:

a)

1) c) swim and surf in the ocean (плавать и заниматься серфингом в океане)

2) f) emu and the kangaroo (эму и кенгуру)

3) b) about the size of a large dog (размером с большую собаку)

4) e) has a bushy tail (имеет пушистый хвост)

5) a) shoot thousands of them (отстреливают их тысячами)

Australia is an extraordinary country because it is located in the Southern Hemisphere, so its seasons are reversed compared to the Northern Hemisphere — it has summer in December. It is also home to a unique collection of animals that are found nowhere else in the world, such as kangaroos, koalas, platypuses, and emus. Also, some of its mammals, like the platypus and echidna, are very primitive because they lay eggs.

(Австралия — необычная страна, потому что она расположена в Южном полушарии, поэтому её времена года противоположны временам года в Северном полушарии — лето там в декабре. Она также является домом для уникальной коллекции животных, которые не встречаются больше нигде в мире, например, кенгуру, коал, утконосов и эму. Кроме того, некоторые из её млекопитающих, такие как утконос и ехидна, очень примитивны, потому что они откладывают яйца.)

b)

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